2026 NBA Free Agency and Trades

[Phrazbit]

craziest owner in the league

I get it for Portland. Grant is an awful and extremely selfish player on one of the worst contracts in the league.

Ja's contract is a stinker too but they gamble that he can screw his head on.

It's not like they have anything else to do the next couple years.

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania

@ShamsCharania
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45m


The Atlanta Hawks are declining Jonathan Kuminga's $24.3 million team option, making him a free agent, sources tell ESPN.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Folster]

Free agency hasn't started yet. It starts tomorrow at 3pm PST. Right now only players can agree to resign with their own teams.

I know, but players are resigning. The new CBA makes big ticket free agency more difficult.

 

[Adrian]

Hoop Central
@TheHoopCentral
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59m


The Raptors current trade package they are willing to offer for Kawhi Leonard;
Brandon Ingram
Gradey Dick
first-round pick(via
@BrettSiegelNBA
/ https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/latest-kawhi-leonard-trade-intel-contract-desires-jaylen-brown)

 

[Adrian]

Polymarket Hoops


@PolymarketHoops




Insane: Bradley Beal made approximately ~$24.7 MILLION with his contract buyout with Phoenix and his salary with the Clippers.
He played a grand total of 6 (!!) games

 

[Russ Smith]

The Ja trade completes a total dismantling of a Memphis team I thought was poised to be really good just a few years ago. I guess Ja tore it apart but they never quite seemed to recover from losing that series to the Warriors.

They're all gone though Bane is gone, JJJ is gone, Adams is gone, Brandon Clarke gone tragically, Brooks of course gone.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The Ja trade completes a total dismantling of a Memphis team I thought was poised to be really good just a few years ago. I guess Ja tore it apart but they never quite seemed to recover from losing that series to the Warriors.

They're all gone though Bane is gone, JJJ is gone, Adams is gone, Brandon Clarke gone tragically, Brooks of course gone.

yeah... I thought that nucleus had a chance to really gel and dominate. lots of athletes, shooting, length and a superstar talent as the head of the snake that just totally spontaneously combusted.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Landry Shamet played 120 minutes in the NBA finals. Wrap your brains around that one Suns fans.

 

[Raindog]

Landry Shamet played 120 minutes in the NBA finals. Wrap your brains around that one Suns fans.

Good for him that he's revived his career. He seems like a nice enough guy and a decent enough bench player. His couple years here were a disaster, mostly because Monty kept insisting he was some kind of messiah in the making that was flying under everyone's radar. I don't doubt that put an undue amount of pressure that didn't help him.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Simmons saying Cam Johnson and Jamal Murray for Jalen Brown being discussed.

Am I crazy or is Jalen Green and Brooks basically equivalent to that? Maybe it's not as far fetched as I thought

You’re crazy

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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1h

Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton is opting into his $8.1 million player option for the 2026-27 season, sources tell ESPN.

Yaaaaaaasss!!!!

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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2h
Free agent center Kristaps Porzingis has agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract extension to return to the Golden State Warriors through 2027-28, with a player option in the second season, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management tells ESPN.

 

[Adrian]

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Yahoo Sports

@YahooSports
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2h
Restricted free agent C Jalen Duren will meet with the Kings at the start of free agency after negotiations with the Pistons stalled, per
@ChrisBHaynes
.

The intentions are to structure a sign-and-trade out of Detroit

 

[Adrian]

Legion Hoops
@LegionHoops
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2h
The Warriors now can’t offer their $15M full mid-level exception to LeBron James after re-signing Porzingis, per @BobbyMarks42. Oh well. It was a good run.

 

[Phrazbit]

Simmons saying Cam Johnson and Jamal Murray for Jalen Brown being discussed.

Am I crazy or is Jalen Green and Brooks basically equivalent to that? Maybe it's not as far fetched as I thought

Yes, I know we've talked about it a lot the last few days, but Green's value is not anywhere near where you're pegging it.

And the way Boston plays, they would not take Green for free.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Cheesebeef]

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
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2h
Free agent center Kristaps Porzingis has agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract extension to return to the Golden State Warriors through 2027-28, with a player option in the second season, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management tells ESPN.

This dude puts Danny Ocean to shame with all the loot he steals.

 

[GatorAZ]

We are getting to the point where every role player in the league will have generational wealth. No wonder the old time players get so bitter lol.

 

[clyde2tw]

Good for him that he's revived his career. He seems like a nice enough guy and a decent enough bench player. His couple years here were a disaster, mostly because Monty kept insisting he was some kind of messiah in the making that was flying under everyone's radar. I don't doubt that put an undue amount of pressure that didn't help him.

Shamet had a quick release and good shooting form. There's reason behind that contract JJ gave him. But he failed under pressure here. Like Goodwin, with time he regained confidence and earned their new contracts after a min deal.

 

[JCSunsfan]

We are getting to the point where every role player in the league will have generational wealth. No wonder the old time players get so bitter lol.

Havent we been there for a while?

 

[Russ Smith]

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Yahoo Sports

@YahooSports
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2h
Restricted free agent C Jalen Duren will meet with the Kings at the start of free agency after negotiations with the Pistons stalled, per
@ChrisBHaynes
.

The intentions are to structure a sign-and-trade out of Detroit

Kind of suspected when he struggled against Cleveland they might decide to move him. Good player but picked a horrible time to struggle

 

[Russ Smith]

Legion Hoops
@LegionHoops
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2h
The Warriors now can’t offer their $15M full mid-level exception to LeBron James after re-signing Porzingis, per @BobbyMarks42. Oh well. It was a good run.

Warriors sites are saying there's a plan B on it but I don't really understand it.

Frankly I didn't really want Bron and AD it was too much like Payton and Mailman to the Lakers for me, but it sounds like it's NOT a dead deal yet

Honestly if Detroit is interested in a sign and trade for Duren with Sacramento I hope the Warriors look into it. No idea what Detroit wants despite his bad Cleveland series I really like Duren, young and athletic

 

[Russ Smith]

have to say Charlotte is now an interesting team to watch. Naz Reid, Brandon Miller, Knueppel, and Coby White that's 4 guys who can knock down 3's. I really like Christian Anderson long term doubt he's the PG right away but might be eventually. I don't know if he can do it right away but I really like Steinbach too, saw UCLA play him twice and that kid is one of the better rebounders, especially offensively I saw all year, great hands, great timing. Runs the court well, and he's pretty clever with the ball, tested better than expected at the combine although he's a shade under 6'11". He will need to improve on defense but the offense and the rebounding should be there pretty quickly.

They have room to add another player not sure if they will or not. I doubt they win 44 this year like they did last year but I think they looked at the strong finish and said I don't think this team is going to get much better because of defense so let's break it up and build around Knueppel and Miller

 

[Adrian]

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